Bunting urges Jamalco to fund legacy project at Winston Jones High

PRATVILLE, Manchester — Member of Parliament for Manchester Southern Peter Bunting is calling on bauxite/alumina company Jamalco to do a legacy project at the Winston Jones High School in optoelectronics and drone technology.

“I often speak stridently about the impact of bauxite mining in southern Manchester… I know that [Pratville] has suffered over the past years, if you took at aerial shot of this school, you would see that Winston Jones [High] is an island surrounded by a sea of mining and constantly suffering from the dust and even in the rehabilitation phase, they continue to do so,” Bunting said on Wednesday during the school’s 50th anniversary celebration launch.

“I really want to use the opportunity to call on Jamalco to ensure that they leave a legacy project and put in, for example, an optoelectronics [the study and application of electronic devices and systems that source, detect, and control light] lab, a drone lab, something that speaks to the jobs of the future that are being created.